The Immigrant
About The Immigrant
During the Iran-Iraq War, Iranian crews fly early Qods Mohajer drones over the Mesopotamian marshes to look at the Iraqi line. The radio range is short, so one pilot has to sit forward, inside enemy ground, and hand the aircraft in the air to a second pilot facing him. Asad flies that forward station, finishes the reconnaissance while under fire, passes the plane on, and is killed before he can get out.
Cast & crew
More about The Immigrant
Ebrahim Hatamikia wrote and directed Mohajer. Mohammad-Taghi Pak-Sima photographed it. Hossein Zandbaf edited. It was shown at the Fajr Film Festival on February 1, 1990.
Themes
Background
The Iran-Iraq War ran from 1980 to 1988. The film looks at the first Iranian reconnaissance drones used over the marshes.
Making
Hatamikia staged the handoff as two ground stations set opposite each other because the control set could not reach across the whole front.
Look
Mohammad-Taghi Pak-Sima shot the marsh stations and the drone handoff.
Music
Karim Gougerdchi wrote the music.
Notes
- Persian title: Mohajer.
- Seyed Ali Reza Khatami plays Asad. Seyed Ebrahim Asgharzadeh plays Mahmoud. Ali Reza Heydari plays Ghafour. Asghar Naghizadeh plays the guide. Gholamreza Ali Akbari plays Raoufi.
- The aircraft in the story are the early Qods Mohajer drones, flown from the ground.
- It won the Crystal Simorgh for best film at Fajr, one of five Hatamikia films to take that prize.
- The picture is counted as a marker in Sacred Defense cinema, the Iranian films about the Iran-Iraq War.
Awards
- Crystal Simorgh for Best Film, Fajr Film Festival (1990)
Scenes
- Two pilots face each other across the front so the short-range radio can cover the flight.
- Asad finishes the look at the Iraqi line, gives the aircraft to the second pilot, and is killed on the ground.